Artist Statement 

Thomas Golunski is an artist based in Sussex, who works primarily in oils. His recent work experiments with unconventional mark making, the way the traditional medium of oils impacts contemporary works and the way in which paintings are consumed within a largely digital modern sphere. 

Broadly inspired by digital aesthetics and internet culture, his work explores curated personas, used by their subject to project a chosen identity within digital spheres. By primarily working from submitted selfies, he combines collaged elements and music chosen from the subjects playlists to create an accurate representation of the subjects chosen persona.

ARTIST BIO

Thomas Golunski is an artist based in England whose work in oil paint primarily explores how individuals project their personas online. After finishing studying Fine Art at the Art Academy in London in 2019  Thomas has continued his personal  studio practice whilst teaching portrait painting and life drawing. In 2022, he won third prize in the Winsor & Newton Young Artist award and his work has been shown in the Royal Society of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition.